Post Export Import with Media: Authenticated PHP Object Injection
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- High
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Code execution
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-502.
Summary
The Post Export Import with Media plugin for WordPress, in all versions up to and including 1.17.1, is vulnerable to PHP Object Injection through deserialization of untrusted input (CWE-502). Authenticated attackers with Administrator-level access or higher can inject a PHP object. No known POP chain exists in the plugin, so the flaw has no impact unless another installed plugin or theme provides a POP chain. With such a chain, an attacker could delete arbitrary files, retrieve sensitive data, or execute code.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-28
Description from the CNA
The Post Export Import with Media plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to PHP Object Injection in all versions up to, and including, 1.17.1 via deserialization of untrusted input . This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level access and above, to inject a PHP Object. No known POP chain is present in the vulnerable software, which means this vulnerability has no impact unless another plugin or theme containing a POP chain is installed on the site. If a POP chain is present via an additional plugin or theme installed on the target system, it may allow the attacker to perform actions like delete arbitrary files, retrieve sensitive data, or execute code depending on the POP chain present.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
No fix is listed for this plugin. Remove Post Export Import with Media version 1.17.1 or earlier, or restrict administrator access to trusted users, and review installed plugins and themes for POP chains.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-28
Timeline
- 2026-10-14 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-104764
- 2026-10-14 Alias added: GHSA-g9fm-v4gr-h48h
- 2026-10-14 Priority changed: MEDIUM → LOW
- 2026-10-16 CISA SSVC decision points changed
- 2026-10-21 EPSS moved to the 50th–90th percentile
- 2026-10-25 EPSS moved to the below the 50th percentile
- 2026-10-31 EPSS moved to the 50th–90th percentile
- 2026-11-01 EPSS moved to the below the 50th percentile
- 2026-11-03 EPSS moved to the 50th–90th percentile
References
Other 7
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/bf16e980-7cee-4f62-8a2d-0cf73fc2ca26?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/post-export-import-with-media/tags/1.17.1/includes/class-page-handler.php#L877
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/post-export-import-with-media/tags/1.17.1/includes/class-page-handler.php#L230
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/post-export-import-with-media/tags/1.17.1/includes/class-page-handler.php#L646
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/post-export-import-with-media/tags/1.17.1/includes/class-page-handler.php#L370
- https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/post-export-import-with-media/trunk/
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3726397/post-export-import-with-media/trunk/includes/class-page-handler.php
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Sources
- CVE-2026-104764 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-104764 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-g9fm-v4gr-h48h · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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